Rebecca Klinger, BS

My research focuses on the development and employment of in vitro assays to assess the functional integration of donor cell types that are potentially useful in cellular therapies for heart failure with resident cardiomyocytes. This is accomplished through micropatterning and microscopic optical mapping as well as force measurements. I hope to identify the maximum length that different donor cells can conduct impulses and any growth factors which may augment electrical conduction or force transduction in these cell networks.

kling004@mc.duke.edu